16mm DOUBLE FEATURE NIGHT at The Way Out Club February 7th – TRADING PLACES and MACON COUNTY LINE

Join us for some old-school 16mm Movie Madness! – It’s our monthly 16MM DOUBLE FEATURE NIGHT at The Way Out Club (2525 Jefferson Avenue in St. Louis)! Join Tom Stockman and Roger from “Roger’s Reels’ for a double feature of two complete films projected on 16mm film. The show is Tuesday February 7th and starts at 8pm. Admission is FREE though we will be setting out a jar to take donations for the National Children’s Cancer Society.

First up is TRADING PLACES

TRADING PLACE is a beloved fish out of water comedy from 1983. The filthy rich Duke brothers (Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche) conduct a cruel experiment on two completely opposite (and completely oblivious) young men to prove that they could quite easily and successfully trade places.
Dan Aykroyd plays business executive Lewis Winthorpe III, a wealthy snob who works for the callous Duke brothers, and Eddie Murphy is Billy Ray Valentine, a street hoodlum who takes his place, Movie mayhem and hilarity ensue. The supporting is perfect. Denholm Elliot is the ideal butler, Jamie Lee Curtis a great friend in the right place at the right time, and both Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche are close to perfection as the aging, moody owners of Duke and Duke. A film of considerable enjoyment that should be high on the list for all comedy fans, TRADING PLACES holds up well after 34 years. This is an uncut print.

Next is MACON COUNTY LINE

Richly atmospheric, MACON COUNTY LINE (1975) drips 1950s backwoods Louisiana atmosphere in a story about two laid-back and basically decent dudes (brothers Alan and Jesse Vint), who joyride through the South, with no particular goal in mind. Along the way, they pick up a Southern belle (Cheryl Waters). But a car problem puts them at the mercy of local hicks, including gun toting Deputy Sheriff Reed Morgan (Max “Jethro” Baer). As night falls the tone turns ominous, danger lurks in coincidence, and the story generates real suspense with the last twenty minutes unbearably intense. A big hit in 1974, MACON COUNTY LINE is a ‘70s backwoods gothic worthy of rediscovery.

There will be movie trivia with prizes and of course The Way Out Club will have a full bar and Way Out Pizzas for sale. Don’t miss it!

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